Playing with ink

I treated myself to some new stamps recently, so I decided to get a little inky today. My card has been heavily inspired by creations made by Heather Telford. She does amazing work using Penny Black stamps.

The stamp I used is called "Winter Ledge" by Penny Black. I created the snowy hills background by cutting "hills" freehand and using them as masks. I used an ink applicator tool to apply the ink. (I used distress and SU inks).  I also punched a little circle that I used as a mask for the moon. 

The sentiment is from the set "Winter Letter Seals" by Whimsy Stamps. I used one of Whimsy's dies to cut it out, but trimmed a little bit off from the top and bottom of the die cut. The ribbon I  used is night of navy from SU. I sprayed the card with glimmer mist before adhering it to the card base. 

I'd like to play along in a few challenges:

Crafty Calendar -  Cold and Frosty
Brown Sugar – Winter

 Keep It Simple! -  Anything Goes

 Sarah Hurley Challenges -  Create Your Own Background 

Loves Rubber Stamps  Anything Goes  

Thanks so much for visiting today. Hope you have a fabulous day!!

Favorite 5 Christmas cards of 2013

Happy Thursday everyone!

 Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday with your family. Mine was good although I was a little under the weather, and hubby had to work Christmas Day until 3. 

Kids were super excited as always about Christmas, because they get little surprises left by Christkindl on Christmas Eve, then of course Santa visits us too, so more presents Christmas morning. Had to exchange some things that my son got, because Santa just has no clue what beyblades are and doesn't know the difference between beyblades and beywarriers. LOL. Thanks to the amazing return policies he was able to get what he wanted after all! It was a nice and relaxing Christmas spend with my little family.

Since I don't  have anything new to share right now, I decided to play along in 

Debby's 5 favorite Christmas cards of 2013.

 

 Here they are in no particular order. If you like to read more about each project, simply click the link above the card.

Presents

Santa's Helpers

 Penguin Joy

 Hedgie and Snowy on sled

 Snowmen String of Hearts

All these cards were made from September on, so if you are a regular visitor of my blog you might remember seeing  them not so long ago. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be off to visit some of the other linked projects now, to see all the gorgeous Christmas cards out there!

Have a fabulous day everyone, and enjoy the rest of 2013!!

Penny Black and More - Midmonth reminder

There is still a little time left to play along in our December challenge at Penny Black and More. This month we'd like to see your "Traditional Christmas Creations". Like on my first card, I used the colors red green and a little bit gold here too. I added some blue too this time, to go with little frosty.

The snowman and sentiment are both from the set "Holly Jolly" by penny black. The flourish below the red card stock is from the set "Damask Borders" by Flonzcraft.

Added a layered snowflake (whimsy stamps die set), a little button and some gold cord. To finish it off I did some sewing. Of course I had to add glitter too!

Hope you'll join us this month. You don't have to use a Penny Black stamp, you can use any brand, just no digis are allowed. And don't forget you can enter up to 3 times!

You can reach the challenge blog by clicking the logo below.

 

I'd love to play along in a few other challenges too:

Crafty Calendar -  December Cold and Frosty 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -  December  Christmas

 Brown Sugar –Christmas 

Challenges and candies -  Winter Magic
Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - December -  Christmas

Have a fabulous day everyone, and hope you have a

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

WordPlay Saturday - December

Happy Saturday everyone, and thanks for stopping by! Hope you are all having a good weekend! We got snowed in last night and it's still snowing! Had to drive home from work in it. Glad I only live a few blocks away from work and so I didn't have to drive very far. It was very slippery and they hadn't cleared the roads yet. It does look really beautiful outside, maybe we'll take a winter walk in the park later (after baking some Christmas cookies).  I just love winter landscapes! Just don't like driving in them.

It's time for a new "word" for my wordplay saturday challenge, but first I want to thank you all for playing along in my "snowman" challenge last month. It was so much fun seeing all the different snowmen!

Random.org chose a winner, winning number is #22.

That would be Hazel.

Congratulations, please email me your complete address, including country, so I can mail your prize.

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For this month I have selected two words:

"Fairy" or "Angel".

Simply create a papercraft project keeping the word(s) in mind, and then link up for a chance to win.

Here is my creation!

Products used:

Stamps: Iris, sentiment from set Flower Fairies (both by Whimsy Stamps illustrated by Sylvia Zet)

Papers: Whimsy Stamps Designer Paper Pack (sorry I don't remember which set), SU, Blending Card

Tools: MS butterfly punch, 

Embellishments: Grosgrain ribbon, glitter, sticky pearls.

Colored with copic markers

Today's prize is another stamp from my personal collection and has been barely used. 

A few things to remember:
 It must be a new creation
You may combine this with other challenges
You must mention and link this blog when entering the challenge
You may enter up to 4 times
Would love to have you as a follower, but it is not a requirement

ETA 5/20/18:

To protect the privacy of those who entered this challenge, the linky tool has now been removed.